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Question: Anybody familiar with the last name "Cumberworth"!?
It's my maiden name!. My family is from southern Indiana, but I was wondering how common a name it is, and maybe where it comes from!. Thanks in advance!Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Cumberworth Name Meaning and History
English (Lincolnshire): habitational name from Cumberworth in Lincolnshire, named from an Old English personal name Cumbre + worth ‘enclosure’!. There is also a Lower and an Upper Cumberworth in West Yorkshire but these appear not to have contributed significantly to the modern surname, which is concentrated in Lincolnshire!.
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Cumberworth
Last name origin & meaning:
English (Lincolnshire): habitational name from Cumberworth in Lincolnshire, named from an Old English personal name Cumbre + worth ‘enclosure’!. There is also a Lower and an Upper Cumberworth in West Yorkshire but these appear not to have contributed significantly to the modern surname, which is concentrated in Lincolnshire!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

My INFO disc (UK Electoral Roll) has 71 people listed over the age of 18, so it's not that common a name!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

it sounds like an English name (from England)Www@QuestionHome@Com